ST JOHN LEONARDI, PRIEST - 9 OCTOBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER

Saints celebrated on the 9th of October

 Prayer to the Angels and the Saints

Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation.

In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven.

Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses.

Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.

ST JOHN LEONARDI, PRIEST 

Saint John Leonardi was born about 1541. He was ordained priest, and founded a community to teach the young and to instruct adults against the Protestant dilution of the Faith. He went to Rome and worked with Philip Neri for a time. In preparing priests for mission work, he laid the foundations of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. He died in 1609.

PRAYER:

Father,

giver of all good things,

you proclaimed the good news to countless people

through the ministry of Saint John Leonardi.

By the help of his prayers

may the true faith continue to grow.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

God, for ever and ever.

Amen.